Mr Pate stated, “If cancers are detected late, even when treatment is available, it may be too late to benefit from it.’’
Mr Ghebreyesus stated, “In 2024, 60 countries experienced significant measles outbreaks, nearly double the number in 2022.’’
The UN World Food Programme says it might be compelled to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in North-East Nigeria at the end of July.
As of Wednesday, cases had spread to at least six LGAs, including Minna, Bosso, Shiroro, Magama, Bisa, and Munya.
Mr Balarabe commended health workers and said Kaduna had become a model in the north for integrating adolescent health into routine immunisation.
Mr Lateef said suicide is misunderstood in Nigeria.
The nationwide vaccination against measles and rubella will begin in October.
Mr Kolade said the certifications represented nearly two decades of effort to position Nigeria on the global map of cancer care.
A high-pressure area from Africa, which meteorologists have named Kamel, is expected to bring temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius to the south of Italy.
Governor Bassey Otu says Cross River may review the retirement age of its doctors from 60 to 65 years to holistically reform the state’s health sector.
